Highscore

[ˈhaɪ̯ˌskoːɐ̯]

/[ˈhaɪ̯ˌskoːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Highscore” is uncommon German (frequency #79,291 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,291
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zahl an Punkten, die bei der Wertung eines Spiels erreicht wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-highscore · Highscore · German

Highscore · rank #79,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,291
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herzhaften

Nearest frequency peer: herzhaften (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Highscore“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Highscore“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Highscore
PropertyValue
HeadwordHighscore
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯ˌskoːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,291
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Highscore“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Highscorefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „herzhaften“ (#79,290), „Herzerkrankung“ (#79,289), „Hiobsbotschaft“ (#79,293). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Highscore“ bei #79,291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Highscore is uncommon German at frequency #79,291 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯ˌskoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Highscore doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Highscore, spelled H-I-G-H-S-C-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zahl an Punkten, die bei der Wertung eines Spiels erreicht wird
  2. 2
    Tabelle, in der [1] eingetragen wird
  3. 3
    höchste erreichte Zahl an Punkten in einem Spiel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Highscore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Mithilfe des Scoreboards ist es möglich, den höchsten Highscore an allen Acarde-Spielautomaten international einzusehen.“
  2. „Je mehr Punkte ein Nutzer so über die Zeit erspielt, desto höher ist seine Platzierung im Highscore.“

Synonyms

HöchstpunktzahlRekordpunktzahl

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Highscore"?
"Highscore" is spelled H-I-G-H-S-C-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯ˌskoːɐ̯].
What does "Highscore" mean?
As a noun, "Highscore" means: Zahl an Punkten, die bei der Wertung eines Spiels erreicht wird
How do you pronounce "Highscore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Highscore" is [ˈhaɪ̯ˌskoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Highscore" come from?
"Highscore" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Highscore", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Holzkiste#79,300homogenes#79,301Hongkongs#79,302hölzerner#79,311

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list